# 2 January in the Christchurch archive 108 Christchurch records dated 2 January across the years, the feed’s ledger also filed 1,058 reports on this date. 108 records shown, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1856)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18560102.2.2.2), 1856-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580102.2.18.2), 1858-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610102.2.23.5), 1861-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610102.2.24.4), 1861-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610102.2.25.2), 1861-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610102.2.25.3), 1861-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [Page 8 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 02 January 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610102.2.25.4), 1861-01-02, Lyttelton Times - [PORT OF AUCKLAND. (Daily Southern Cross, 02 January 1868)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18680102.2.57.1), 1868-01-02, Daily Southern Cross - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1869)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18690102.2.2.4), 1869-01-02, Star - [News of the Week. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1875)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18750102.2.53), 1875-01-02, Otago Witness - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1877)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18770102.2.13.1), 1877-01-02, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1878)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780102.2.8.1), 1878-01-02, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1879)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18790102.2.9.1), 1879-01-02, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18800102.2.14.1), 1880-01-02, Star - [Lichfield Street, Christchurch](https://hocken.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/66600), 1882-01-02, Hocken Digital Collections - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830102.2.25.1), 1883-01-02, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1883)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18830102.2.8.4), 1883-01-02, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 January 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840102.2.17.3), 1884-01-02, Star - [Local & General. (Star, 02 January 1884)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18840102.2.8), 1884-01-02, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 January 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18850102.2.2.5), 1885-01-02, Star - [LYTTELTON. (Wanganui Herald, 02 January 1885)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18850102.2.18.5), 1885-01-02, Wanganui Herald - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 January 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860102.2.3.2), 1886-01-02, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 January 1886)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18860102.2.40.2), 1886-01-02, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900102.2.11.1), 1890-01-02, Star - [Latest Locals. (Star, 02 January 1890)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18900102.2.35), 1890-01-02, Star - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 January 1891)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18910102.2.16.5), 1891-01-02, Star - [The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News, and Echo. TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1894. (Auckland Star, 02 January 1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18940102.2.17), 1894-01-02, Auckland Star - [OMNIUM GATHERUM. (Otago Daily Times 1-2-1894)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18940201.2.38), 1894-01-02, Otago Daily Times - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950102.2.23.1), 1895-01-02, Star - [SWIMMING RACES. (Star, 02 January 1895)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18950102.2.35.1), 1895-01-02, Star - [THE SAILING RACES. (Star, 02 January 1896)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18960102.2.3), 1896-01-02, Star - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970102.2.52.1), 1897-01-02, Star - [Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1897)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18970102.2.53.4), 1897-01-02, Star - [BOWLING ANALYSIS. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010102.2.150.4), 1901-01-02, Otago Witness - [CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD FOR THE YEAR 1900. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010102.2.162), 1901-01-02, Otago Witness - [LETTERS FROM THE LITTLE FOLK. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1901)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19010102.2.202.6), 1901-01-02, Otago Witness - [LYTTELTON REGATTA. BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION. LYTTELTON, Ist January. (Evening Post, 02 January 1902)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19020102.2.60), 1902-01-02, Evening Post - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 5 (Star, 02 January 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030102.2.47.5), 1903-01-02, Star - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 January 1903)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030102.2.5.2), 1903-01-02, Star - [MAGISTERIAL. CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 January 1904)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19040102.2.66), 1904-01-02, Star - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 02 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19060102.2.26.5), 1906-01-02, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH RACES. (Colonist, 02 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19060102.2.20.1), 1906-01-02, Colonist - [Applications for Patents. (Progress, 02 January 1906)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/P19060102.2.37), 1906-01-02, Progress - [GOVERNOR'S BAY: A HOLIDAY RESORT NINE MILES FROM CHRISTCHURCH, NEAR THE HEAD OF LYTTELTON HARBOUR. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070102.2.143.17), 1907-01-02, Otago Witness - [GROUP OF FIJIANS AND FRIENDS OF MR. G. J. SMITH, OPaWA, CHRISTCHURCH, WHERE THE ISLANDERS WERE ENTERTAINED AT A GARDEN PARTY. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070102.2.143.6), 1907-01-02, Otago Witness - [FIJIANS AT THE CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION: THE FIRE-WALKING CEREMONY, SHOWING NATIVES PREPARING THE OVEN. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070102.2.143.8), 1907-01-02, Otago Witness - [THE CHILDREN'S SEASIDE ENTERTAINERS: DONKEYS ON THE BEACH AT SUMNER, CHRISTCHURCH. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070102.2.144.11), 1907-01-02, Otago Witness - [LAND AND WATER. (Otago Witness, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070102.2.164), 1907-01-02, Otago Witness - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 (West Coast Times, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WCT19070102.2.6.2), 1907-01-02, West Coast Times - [THE AERIAL AND ANTENNAE AT CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION, COMMUNICATING WITH ISLINGTON. (Progress, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/P19070102.2.10.2), 1907-01-02, Progress - [MARCONI APPARATUS AT CHRISTCHURCH EXHIBITION THE INSTRUMENTS, TAKEN FROM LEFT T< RIGHT, ARE. TRANSFORMER, MORSE KEY, RECORDER, TAPE REEL. (Progress, 02 January 1907)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/P19070102.2.10.4), 1907-01-02, Progress - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080102.2.28.1), 1908-01-02, Star - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 (Star, 02 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080102.2.52.4), 1908-01-02, Star - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 02 January 1908)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19080102.2.62.3), 1908-01-02, Star - [THE HON. SIR J.G. WARD, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND, UNVEILING THE SEDDON MEMORIAL STONE AT ADDINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH. DECEMBER 21, 1907](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/186438), 1908-01-02, Auckland Weekly News - [DEDICATION OF A PEAL OF BELLS, AND UNVEILING OF A MEMORIAL TABLET IN MEMORY OF THE LATE PREMIER, R.J. SEDDON, AT ADDINGTON CHRISTCHURCH. BY THE HON. SIR J.G. WARD, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND. DECEMBER 21, 1907](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/186443), 1908-01-02, Auckland Weekly News - [PRURIENT NEW BRIGHTON. (NZ Truth, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090102.2.33.4), 1909-01-02, NZ Truth - [Page 6 Advertisements Column 5 (NZ Truth, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19090102.2.36.5), 1909-01-02, NZ Truth - [Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 (Observer, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TO19090102.2.15.1), 1909-01-02, Observer - [CHRISTCHURCH COMPETITIONS SOCIETY. (Star, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090102.2.46.5), 1909-01-02, Star - [Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 02 January 1909)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19090102.2.69.2), 1909-01-02, Star - [SMALL-POX. (Ashburton Guardian, 02 January 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19110102.2.33), 1911-01-02, Ashburton Guardian - [THE TRAMWAY COLLISION. (Grey River Argus, 02 January 1911)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19110102.2.37.4), 1911-01-02, Grey River Argus - [SOME NARROW. ESCAPES (Grey River Argus, 02 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19120102.2.31), 1912-01-02, Grey River Argus - [CAPSIZE OF A COACH. (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 January 1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19120102.2.14), 1912-01-02, Poverty Bay Herald - [ACCIDENTS AND DEATHS. (Mataura Ensign 1-2-1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19120201.2.54), 1912-01-02, Mataura Ensign - [CHRISTCHURCH BAND CONTEST. (Mataura Ensign 1-2-1912)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME19120201.2.56), 1912-01-02, Mataura Ensign - [Late sporting (Evening Post, 02 January 1913)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19130102.2.77), 1913-01-02, Evening Post - [Winners of the Healthcote Williams Shield](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/205482), 1913-01-02, Auckland Weekly News - [Beaten by the Christchurch High School XI](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/205483), 1913-01-02, Auckland Weekly News - [Fun in the surf](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/205492), 1913-01-02, Auckland Weekly News - [SUDDEN DEATH AT A PICNIC. (Ashburton Guardian, 02 January 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19150102.2.27.9), 1915-01-02, Ashburton Guardian - [BOYS' LEAGUE TRIP TO CHRISTCHURCH. (Evening Post, 02 January 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19150102.2.228), 1915-01-02, Evening Post - [DEATH OF DR. BELL. (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 January 1915)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19150102.2.9), 1915-01-02, Poverty Bay Herald - [CHRISTCHURCH. (Ashburton Guardian, 02 January 1917)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19170102.2.4.2), 1917-01-02, Ashburton Guardian - [DUNEDIN v. CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 02 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19190102.2.81.2), 1919-01-02, Evening Post - [MAIL NOTICES. (Grey River Argus, 02 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19190102.2.3), 1919-01-02, Grey River Argus - [CRICKET. (Hawera & Normanby Star, 02 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19190102.2.22.1), 1919-01-02, Hawera & Normanby Star - [DUNEDIN v. CHRISTCHURCH. (Wanganui Chronicle, 02 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19190102.2.40.2), 1919-01-02, Wanganui Chronicle - [DUNEDIN v. CHRISTCHURCH. (Wairarapa Daily Times, 02 January 1919)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19190102.2.20), 1919-01-02, Wairarapa Daily Times - [Lance Corporal W. H. Watson, of Spreydon, Christchurch](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/384332), 1919-01-02, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [Sergeant Richard Thornton Corsbie (D.C.M.)](https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/384353), 1919-01-02, Photographs / He Whakaahua - [CHRISTCHURCH ROBBERIES. (Ashburton Guardian, 02 January 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AG19200102.2.45.2), 1920-01-02, Ashburton Guardian - [POLICE PROMOTION. (Poverty Bay Herald, 02 January 1920)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19200102.2.59), 1920-01-02, Poverty Bay Herald - [AT CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 02 January 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250102.2.112.2), 1925-01-02, Evening Post - [CROQUET (Evening Post, 02 January 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250102.2.13), 1925-01-02, Evening Post - [CUSTOMS DUTY IN CHRISTCHURCH (Evening Post, 02 January 1925)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250102.2.99), 1925-01-02, Evening Post - [SIR HENRY WIGRAM. (Evening Post, 02 January 1926)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19260102.2.32.6), 1926-01-02, Evening Post - [Christchurch. (Waiapu Church Gazette, 02 January 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/WCHG19280102.2.19.2), 1928-01-02, Waiapu Church Gazette - [BOARD OF MISSIONS (Waiapu Church Gazette, 02 January 1928)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/WCHG19280102.2.6), 1928-01-02, Waiapu Church Gazette - [A NOTABLE FEAT (Evening Post, 02 January 1931)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19310102.2.55), 1931-01-02, Evening Post - [Percy Hamlin](https://collection.hawkesbaymuseum.com/objects/98344), 1932-01-02, Hawke's Bay Museum - [ACROSS THE TASMAN (Evening Post, 02 January 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340102.2.54), 1934-01-02, Evening Post - [KING CARNIVAL (Evening Post, 02 January 1934)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19340102.2.86), 1934-01-02, Evening Post - [MOTORING FATALITY (Evening Post, 02 January 1936)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19360102.2.130), 1936-01-02, Evening Post - [AIR SERVICES (Evening Post, 02 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400102.2.131), 1940-01-02, Evening Post - [HUTT VALLEY LEAD (Evening Post, 02 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400102.2.18.4), 1940-01-02, Evening Post - [KILLED BY A CAR (Evening Post, 02 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400102.2.20), 1940-01-02, Evening Post - [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 02 January 1940)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19400102.2.5), 1940-01-02, Evening Post - [CHRISTCHURCH MAN ON RANGITANE (Evening Post, 02 January 1941)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19410102.2.66.4), 1941-01-02, Evening Post - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 5 (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420102.2.9.5), 1942-01-02, Evening Post - [ROLL OF HONOUR (Evening Post, 02 January 1942)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420102.2.91), 1942-01-02, Evening Post - [DEATHS. (Evening Post, 02 January 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430102.2.6), 1943-01-02, Evening Post - [AIR CASUALTIES (Evening Post, 02 January 1943)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19430102.2.96.2), 1943-01-02, Evening Post - [Sister Oliver of Calvary Hospital](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/star/negatives/1974/ccl-cs-39827), 1974-01-02, Canterbury Stories - [Polystichum oculatum](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/278342), 1975-01-02, Natural Science - [Sasaella ramosa](https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/discover/collections/record/965623), 1993-01-02, Natural Science - [Simply Catering site after demolition](https://www.canterburystories.nz/collections/community/moatatamaira/ccl-cs-21133), 2011-01-02, Canterbury Stories ## Filed on this date Newest first, dates somebody filed, not dates anything happened. - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7474519), 310 Queen Elizabeth II Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 - [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/7474482), 141 Winters Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7474467), 141 Winters Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/7474170), 176–194 Lake Terrace Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8061, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7474167), 196 Maidstone Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7473945), 49 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 2 Jan 2026 [← previous day](https://www.chch.live/day/01-01) · [every day](https://www.chch.live/day) · [next day →](https://www.chch.live/day/01-03) --- Data: https://api.chch.live/day?md=01-02 · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/day/01-02 · GeoNet’s catalogue holds 31 magnitude-3+ quakes recorded on this date, https://www.chch.live/sequence